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Camp Arrowhead Update
July 31, 2023
Camp Arrowhead is off to a great start. Our weather has not been a big concern with comfortable temperatures and periodic cloud cover.
The activities so far have been a big success, with veteran and first-time staff providing good instruction. We have a total of 68 campers, 65 staff members and one adorable and well-behaved 3-year-old.
We have a lot of teen staff members this...
Midwest Preteen Camp Going Well
July 31, 2023
Things are going well here in El Dorado Springs, Missouri, and we are off to a great start. This is not just because Nathan Willoughby’s father smoked five amazing briskets for all to enjoy for dinner last night!
The staff and campers are enthusiastic, and everyone has an air-conditioned dorm to sleep in, which is very nice! We certainly appreciate the prayers (and continued prayers) for...
Start of Camp Agape-Teen
July 19, 2023
We are off to a great start here at Camp Agape in the heat and humidity of South Carolina. The temps have been ranging from the high70s/low 80s in the morning to the mid to upper 90s by the afternoon. The heat index was over 100 the first full day of camp, with the “real” heat coming mid-week. We are expecting over 100 degrees Wednesday and Thursday with very high humidity. I can honestly say we have...
Camp Agape Preteen Running
June 29, 2023
Greetings from Batesville-Leesville, South Carolina!
We have 51 campers and 58 staff members participating in this year’s “Mapping Your Future.”
Camp Agape-Preteen started out with a few challenges. For one, we had a strong smell of smoke in the walk-in cooler in the kitchen. We could not figure out where the smoke was coming from, but the compressor fans were blowing to the point...
Sequoia Preteen Camp Running
June 22, 2023
It was a beautiful day here in the Sierra Nevada mountains as Sequoia preteen camp began. We have 45 enthusiastic campers and staff enjoying the cool springlike weather. We have 100 percent sunshine with the temperatures in the 60s to 70s during the day and the 40s to 50s in the evenings. With the temperature being 41degrees this morning, we lit a fire in the dining room fireplace for the first time in 12...
Lone Star Camp Start Announcement
June 12, 2023
The CYC camp season has begun! Lone Star preteen camp got off to a great start on Sunday, June 11, with 208 enthusiastic campers and staff. Everyone is enjoying a wonderful camp environment with swimming, canoeing, fishing, singing, ziplining and blobbing. It’s partly sunny, with highs in the mid-90s. The camp theme—“Mapping Your Future”—is being talked about in the dorms,...
Winter Camp Begins
December 27, 2022
While Winter Family Weekend comes to an end today, Winter Camp began yesterday. There was some concern since a few flights were delayed, but in the end, all but one of the campers who were flying in made it. The one who did not arrive had a flight canceled on him and was not able to get another flight.
Winter Camp is a little smaller this year, but there is a lot of snow on the ground, so...
Camp Heritage
August 8, 2022
Greetings from the Laurel Highlands of southern Pennsylvania.
A total of 42 campers and 36 staff members are enjoying the cool mountain air as Camp Heritage gets underway.
Looking out the window of my office, I see the leaves of the trees rustling in a gentle breeze as the surface of Lake Courage is rippling in the wind. It is incredibly beautiful here.
As pretty as our...
Camp Athens
August 4, 2022
We’re off to a good start here. We have smaller numbers this year: 40 campers and 42 staff. It’s such a different feel, but wow, we’re enjoying the more intimate atmosphere a smaller camp offers.
The weather’s what it is in Texas … hot. But we only have two active classes outdoors. Tim Dickey got us off to a good start with his Compass Check...
Midwest Preteen Camp
August 4, 2022
We are here at the Midwest Preteen Camp with 62 campers and 63 staff. On Saturday the camp received much-needed rain. It lingered into Sunday, but cleared out as we began prepping activities and as campers were arriving. For Sunday evening, we had a wonderful smoked brisket meal to start things off. Camper orientation was next, followed by learning the camp song and ending the evening with ice cream sandwiches....